Death

More than 200 people have applied for assisted dying since it became legal and 66 people up to 31 March have had an assisted death, the Ministry of Health’s first quarterly report shows

Almost 50 New Zealanders die of accidental opioid overdoses each year, some of them from prescription medications, a new report from the NZ Drug Foundation reveals

Naloxone can help prevent deaths from opioid overdoses and the NZ Drug Foundation says it should be readily available in pharmacy

Around half of recent excess deaths in England have been directly from COVID

Many in the pharmacy community are mourning the death of former owner of Remuera Pharmacy, Bruce Culpan.

Many in the pharmacy community are mourning the death of former owner of Remuera Pharmacy, Bruce Culpan

Statement from Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall on coronial cases being linked to COVID-19 vaccination

New Zealand Doctor reporter Fiona Cassie shares her experience of being unable to say goodbye to her father at his bedside when he died

Christchurch pharmacist Máté Hegedus-Gaspar has been appointed to the newly established Support and Consultation for End of Life in New Zealand (SCENZ) group.

The pharmacy community is mourning the loss of well-known Christchurch pharmacist Peter Cooke who died of cancer on Sunday